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Adjective crank has 1 sense
- crank, cranky, tender, tippy - (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Antonym: stable (indirect, via unstable)
Noun crank has 4 senses
- grouch, grump, crank, churl, crosspatch - a bad-tempered person
--1 is a kind of unpleasant person, disagreeable person
--1 has particulars:
- crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, nutcase, fruitcake, screwball - a whimsically eccentric person
--2 is a kind of eccentric, eccentric person, flake, oddball, geek
- methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, meth, deoxyephedrine, chalk, chicken feed, crank, glass, ice, shabu, trash - amphetamine used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant
--3 is a kind of amphetamine, pep pill, upper, speed; controlled substance
- crank, starter - a hand tool consisting of a rotating shaft with parallel handle
--4 is a kind of hand tool
--4 has particulars: crank handle, starting handle
Verb crank has 5 senses
- zigzag, crank - travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside"
--1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
- crank, crank up - start by cranking; "crank up the engine"
--2 is one way to start, start up
Sample sentence:
These cars won't crank
- crank, crank up - rotate with a crank
--3 is one way to rotate, circumvolve
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- crank - fasten with a crank
--4 is one way to fasten, fix, secure
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- crank - bend into the shape of a crank
--5 is one way to flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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